CJ230 Module 5 Practice Activity: Objective Summary Of Decision-Making

CJ230

5-1 Practice Activity: Objective Summary Of Decision-Making Process

Overview

In this practice activity, you will identify the steps of the decision-making process within a scenario. You will then craft an objective summary of the decision-making process.

Prompt

In this module, you have learned about crafting objective summaries. You will now apply this knowledge to craft an objective summary of the decision-making process by using the information provided in a scenario. First, read the scenario in the Module Five Practice Activity Template. Next, using the information in the scenario, identify each step in the decision-making process. For example, the first step is to identify the facts, so you will identify the facts in the scenario and insert them in the cell below the first step. Repeat this process for each step. Then, craft an objective summary of the decision-making process by using the steps identified.

Specifically, the following rubric criteriamust be addressed for each scenario:

• Identify each step in the decision-making process
• Craft an objective summary of the decision-making process

Guidelines for Submission

This assignment must be completed using the Module Five Practice Activity Template Word Document. Any references must be cited in APA style. See the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.

Scenario:

You are a state patrol officer, on duty, who has observed a car unable to stay in its lane. When you pull the car over, you realize that the driver is also a state patrol officer who you know well and whose wife has a friendship with your wife. You have engaged in several social activities with him in the past. He is a very popular and likeable colleague in the department.

As you engage with him after pulling him over, you notice that there is a strong scent of alcohol on his breath and that he is slurring his speech. When asked if he had something to drink, he says that he has just come from the retirement party of a popular police chief. He adds that he would be willing to park his car and have his wife pick him up if you could let this error slide, and states, “Law enforcement officers need to support each other.” As a patrol officer, you also have an obligation to enforce traffic laws and maintain public safety.